[wpkg-users] WPKG and AppX...

[Marco Gaiarin]

I'm trying to build a recipe for an AppX software, precisely HP Support
Assistant:

	https://www8.hp.com/it/it/campaigns/hpsupportassistant/hpsupport.html

I'm currently installing version 8, that is a normal application, but
seems now 'discontinued' and so in Win10 i'm trying to install version
9, that is an appx.


My current experimental recipe is:

 <package
        id="hp-sa9"
        name="HP Support Assistant 9"
        revision="9.7.238.0:1"
        priority="50"
        reboot="false">

        <!-- <check type="execute" condition="exitcodeequalto" path='%COMSPEC% /c powershell -Command "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant | Select Status" | find "    Ok"' value="0"/> -->
        <check type="execute" condition="exitcodeequalto" path='%COMSPEC% /c powershell -Command "Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -EQ \"AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant\"} | Select DisplayName" | find "AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant"' value="0"/>

        <download url='https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp112501-113000/sp112635.exe' target="WPKG\sp112635.exe" />

        <install cmd='"%SOFTWARE%\WPKG\sp112635.exe" /s /e /f "%TEMP%"' >
                <exit code="0" />
                <exit code="1168" />    <!-- Non ho trovato documentazione... -->
        </install>
        <install architecture='x86' cmd='powershell -Command "Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\6db52270f55d43fd80e027dc9e394d61.appxbundle\" -LicensePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\6db52270f55d43fd80e027dc9e394d61_License1.xml\" -DependencyPackagePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x86\Microsoft.VCLibs.x86.14.00.appx\",\"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x86\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4.appx\",\"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x86\Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3.appx\" | Out-Null"' />
        <install architecture='x64' cmd='powershell -Command "Add-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online -PackagePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\6db52270f55d43fd80e027dc9e394d61.appxbundle\" -LicensePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\6db52270f55d43fd80e027dc9e394d61_License1.xml\" -DependencyPackagePath \"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x64\Microsoft.VCLibs.x64.14.00.appx\",\"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x64\Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.4.appx\",\"%TEMP%\HPSA9x\Dependencies\x64\Microsoft.NET.Native.Framework.1.3.appx\" | Out-Null"' />

        <upgrade include='install' />
        <downgrade include='upgrade' />

	<remove cmd='powershell -Command "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers' >
                <exit code='any' />
        </remove>
        <remove cmd='powershell -Command "Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -EQ \"AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant\"} | Remove-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Out-Null"' />
 </package>

But does not work.

Problem is:

a) check condition test the installation of the app in the ''user side''
 (even for '-AllUsers'), not the 'system side', and this does not work
because WPKG run as SYSTEM user (via WPKG-GP), and apps seems get not
installed in SYSTEM, probably because there's no way to logon in
SYSTEM.
But i've not found a way to do a check condition so effective, a part
using something like:
	powershell -Command "Get-AppxProvisionedPackage -Online | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -EQ \"AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant\"} | Select DisplayName" | find "AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant"

that seems a little dumb to me. Seems also that i can uninstally
'system wide' the app, but still users that hav installed it can use
it. I'm a bit confused...


b) app does not work; complain about 'activation services' missing,
 requiring to reboot or run windows update (done, nothing changed).


c) in deinstallation, i use:

	<remove cmd='powershell -Command "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers' >
                <exit code='any' />
        </remove>

but this seems to work for Admnistrator, not for SYSTEM; return the
error:
 C:\WINDOWS\system32>powershell -Command "Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
 Remove-AppxPackage : Rimozione non riuscita. Contattare il produttore del software.
 Impossibile eseguire l'operazione di distribuzione DeStage con volume di destinazione C: per il pacchetto
 AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant_9.7.238.0_x64__v10z8vjag6ke6 da  . Errore: 0x80070002. Vedere
 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=235160 per informazioni sulla diagnosi dei problemi di distribuzione delle app.
 In riga:1 car:57
 + ...  -AllUsers AD2F1837.HPSupportAssistant | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers
 +                                              ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-AppxPackage], COMException
     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.RemoveAppxPackageCommand


WPKG wiki say little or nothing about AppX packages, so, i'm asking
here.


Thanks.

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